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American software developer

Blake Ross
Ross, London, UK,
Born	() June 12, (age&#;39) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Education	Stanford University
Occupation	Software developer
Employer	Entrepreneur
Known&#;for	Creator of Firefox

Blake Aaron Ross (born June 12, ) is an American software engineer who is best known for his work as the co-creator of the Mozilla Firefox web browser with Dave Hyatt.

Aaron ross biography bmx Source: CTV. Now and then, the young and brilliant visionaries grace the entrepreneurial landscape, their innovative skills and enthusiasm for change making a significant impact in the world as they transform something ordinary into a remarkable work of excellence. Born in June , in Miami, Florida, Blake Ross was raised in the Key Biscayne area with his highly qualified parents—his mother a psychologist and his father a lawyer. When he was ten, he developed his first individual project, his website named America Online. As he grew older, his interest in programming grew so much that he joined Netscape as an intern at

In , he was nominated for Wired magazine's top Rave Award, Renegade of the Year, opposite Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Jon Stewart. He was also a part of Rolling Stone magazine's hot list.^[1] From , he worked for Facebook as Director of Product until resigning in early ^[2]

Early life and education

Born on June 12th, in Miami, Florida.^[3] He has an older brother and sister.

Ross created his first website via America Online at the age of ^[4] By middle school, an interest in SimCity led him to piece together a couple of rudimentary videogames. He attended high school in Miami at Gulliver Preparatory School, graduating in while simultaneously working for Mozilla, based in California.^[5] Ross graduated from Stanford University in ^[3] He is of Jewish descent.^[6]

Mozilla and Firefox

Further information: History of Firefox

Ross is most well known for co-founding the Mozilla Firefox project with Dave Hyatt.

Ross discovered Netscape very soon after it open-sourced and began contributing, his mother's frustrated user experience with Internet Explorer being the main driver.^[7] He worked as an intern at Netscape Communications Corporation at the age of In , he enrolled at Stanford University.^[8] While interning at Netscape, Ross became disenchanted with the browser he was working on and the direction given to it by America Online, which had recently purchased Netscape.

Ross and Hyatt envisioned a smaller, easy-to-use browser that could have mass appeal, and Firefox was born from that idea.^[9] The open source project gained momentum and popularity, and in all of Mozilla's resources were devoted to the Firefox and Thunderbird projects. Released in November , when Ross was 19, Firefox quickly grabbed market share (primarily from Microsoft's Internet Explorer)^{[citation needed]}, with million downloads in less than a year^{[citation needed]}.

Ross is the author of Firefox For Dummies (ISBN&#;; published January 11, ).

Career

Ross founded a new startup with another ex-Netscape employee, Joe Hewitt (the creator of Firebug who was also largely responsible for Firefox's interface and code). Ross and Hewitt worked on creating Parakey, a new user interface designed to bridge the gap between the desktop and the web.

Ross revealed several technical details about the program and his new company when featured on the cover of IEEE Spectrum in November

On July 20, , the BBC reported that Facebook had purchased Parakey.^[10]

In early , Ross left Facebook to pursue other interests.^[11]

In , Ross wrote a spec screenplay for HBO's Silicon Valley.^[12]

Ross took a job with Uber in August ^[13]

Personal life

Ross has aphantasia, a rare condition preventing him from visualizing things in his mind.

In a blog post, Ross wrote:

I have never visualized anything in my entire life.

Blake Aaron Ross born June 12, is an American software engineer who is best known for his work as the co-creator of the Mozilla Firefox web browser with Dave Hyatt. He was also a part of Rolling Stone magazine's hot list. Born on June 12th, in Miami, Florida. Ross created his first website via America Online at the age of He attended high school in Miami at Gulliver Preparatory School , graduating in while simultaneously working for Mozilla , based in California.

I can’t "see" my father's face or a bouncing blue ball, my childhood bedroom or the run I went on ten minutes ago. I thought "counting sheep" was a metaphor. I’m 30 years old and I never knew a human could do any of this.^[14]

In , he wrote a fan fiction original screenplay for the HBO television comedy series Silicon Valley, which gained attention.^[12]

References

External links

Profiles

• The Firefox Explosion — Wired magazine article by Josh McHugh on Firefox development history (published February )

Interviews

• Firefox ignites demand for alternative browser — interview with Byron Acohido for USA Today (published November 9, )
• Interview with Firefox developer Blake Ross — interview with Michael Flaminio for Insanely Great Mac (published November 9, )
• Full speed ahead: Mozilla Firefox browser blazes through globe — interview with Michelle Keller for Stanford Daily Article (published November 16, )
• Firefox Architect Talks IE, Future Plans — interview with Nate Mook for BetaNews (published November 29, )
• The Young Turk of Firefox — interview with Keith Ward for Redmond Magazine (published December )
• Q&A With Blake Ross — interview with Computer Power User magazine (published January )
• Interview — Blake Ross — interview with Non-Tech City (published May 27, )
• Firefox Will Be Free Forever — interview with Xu Zhiqiang for OhmyNews (published August 7, )
• The Firefox Kid — David Kushner's article on Ross and Parakey in IEEE Spectrum (published November 2, )
• Livingston, Jessica, Founders at work: stories of startups' early days, Cf.

  Chapter 29, Blake Ross and Firefox.